4th holiday in our bell, all of which I have been uncomfortably cold at night barr one in June last year. We tend to do 3 nighters. Last August BH in north wales we had no EHU and the temp dropped to 7degrees and I was pretty unhappy. Last weekend in Derbyshire it dropped again to 7/8. In an attempt to make me smile, we changed a few things. We spent ?40 on an EHU cable and another ?15 on a ceramic halogen 1.2kw heater (can't go higher than that, some of the sites we like are only 6amp hookup). We also spent ?80 on new campbeds and ditched the airbeds, and we already have good sleeping bags (or so I thought) so I've also ditched carrying my 13tog feather duvet.
The heater was......'ok'....I think I was envisgaing a cosy warm tent, but all it really did was take the edge off the airchill. It certainly didn't keep me warm. The other downside was it glows, bloody brightly too, so the choice was have it on and sleep with the equivalent of a 20w bulb on in the tent, or switch it off and be colder. I did not sleep well.
We all slept in long sleeved PJ's with vests underneath. DH and I had a fleece over the top and fleece socks, kids had a fleece onesie and two socks each. I also found the sleeping bag incredibly irritating. I sleep in the recovery position and couldn't sleep with my legs anything other than practically straight, which made me wake up constantly feeling like I was constrained.
I do suffer a bit with anaemia which seems to make me a chilly mortal too, so think I need to sort a few things out as we are hoping to do another weekend early Sept.
Advise and guide me please? Should I spend yet more money on electric blankets? our EHU has 3 sockets, would a hook up tolerate a double electric and two singles for the kids? Do electric blankets permeate the underside of a sleeping bag? I don't have SIMs on my campbeds. Do they make a huge amount of heat difference? Should I try a better (wider!) sleeping bag?
The only thing I won't do is a hat....drove me nuts itching me all night!